With worsening obesity epidemic, it has become an international health issue increasing not only morbidity and mortality, but also health care costs while decreasing the quality of life in general. Bariatric surgery has become a significant treatment for morbid obesity and patients with obesity who suffers from multiple medical comorbidities. Among the risks that bariatric surgery carries, intu...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative small bowel obstruction due to intussusception is a rare entity but can lead to severe morbidity and even mortality. We present a case of this rare complication produced by an unusual cause. CASE REPORT A 22year old male, who is a fruitarian, presented to the E.R on day 6 after laparotomy due to obstructing fetobezors that were removed via gastrotomy and enterotomy....

BACKGROUND/AIMS Intussusception in adults is rarely seen and causes misdiagnosis due to its appearance with various clinical findings. The cause of intussusception in adults is frequently organic lesions. In this study, the underlying etiologic factors, diagnostic methods and alternative methods of treatment are discussed in the light of the literature. METHODS In this study, a retrospective ...

Objective: To study the success rate of ultrasound guided hydrostatic reduction for childhood intussusceptions. Material and Methods: This study was conducted at the Paediatric Surgery and Radiology units of PGMI Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from November 2007 to November 2010. All patients with abdominal pain, per rectal bleeding, bilious vomiting and a palpable abdominal mass were subjecte...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Idiopathic intussusception is an important abdominal emergency in infancy and childhood. Non operative management for treatment is firstly considered due to less invasiveness, less complications and cost effectiveness compared to surgical treatment. This study summarizes our experience in the management of intussusception in children who were referred to a children hospital...

Heterotopic pancreas (HP) is generally asymptomatic and found incidentally. It can act very rarely as a leading point for intussusception. Thus, it should be considered as a differential diagnosis of the mass lesions leading to the intestinal intussusception. Herein, we report an unusual case of HP as a cause of ileocolic intussusception.

A 63-year-old man, who had undergone total gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y reconstruction for gastric cancer 10 years previously, was admitted to our hospital with complaints of abdominal pain, palpable abdominal tumor, and hematemesis. On admission, the abdominal tenderness was improving and no abdominal tumor was palpable. Mild inflammatory changes and anemia were noted on blood examination. Abdomi...